Seasonality of recruitment in Antarctic sessile marine benthos

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Author: Bowden, David A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Inter-Research 2005
• Subjects: Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ryder; Ryder Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/1652/; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps297101

Recruitment is a principal factor determining the establishment, diversity and persistence of assemblages in marine benthic ecosystems. Despite considerable research in temperate and tropical latitudes, however, almost nothing is known of recruitment processes in polar regions. This study presents t...